Postelwait Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Postelwait Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Postelwait Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:2,517,076153,460
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Postelwait Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Postelwait Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Postelwait occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Postelwait click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Postelwait? popularity and diffusion

The last name Postelwait is the 1,465,390th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. Postelwait occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Postelwait live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Postelwait is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 2,517,076. In The United States it is most numerous in: Washington, where 32 percent live, Oklahoma, where 15 percent live and Texas, where 13 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Postelwait Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Postelwait has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Postelwait surname increased 720 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Postelwait Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Postelwait surname are 15.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.07% registered to vote for the party.

Postelwait earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.71% less than the national average, earning $35,940 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Postelwait
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